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though.”  Julian’s mouth was on autopilot.  He couldn’t stop saying the wrong things.  Or rather the right things he shouldn’t be saying now.  They couldn’t have sex.  They shouldn’t.  Not yet.
    Carr froze, his heated stare burning Julian’s flesh.  “How badly do you want me?”
    Julian’s legs began to wobble under him.  Fight it.   “I don’t know.”
    “That isn’t an answer, Julian.”
    Don’t say it.   “I want you with a need I’ve never felt with anyone else.  I’m confused with this whole situation, but the one constant in it all is an unshaking need to have you.”  Stop it!  Get control and back away.
    “We have to wait.”
    “I’m dying.  Olivier promised me ten more years, but if that contract is voided, I might not live another day.  I can’t die without having tasted you,” Julian said.  You selfish son of a bitch.  You can’t fuck him.  Not yet.
    Carr’s lids narrowed.  “I can make the cancer go away.”
    “You know?”  Julian nodded after a second.  “Of course you know.  So make the cancer go away.  Fix me.”
    “I can’t—”
    Julian sighed and looked around Carr’s sumptuous bedroom.  White silk covered everything in the space.  The room smelled of the demon, warm spices and musk, but Julian couldn’t appreciate it in that moment.  Frustration filled Julian.  He felt like he was hurrying to die and not living much of a life before he lost everything. 
    And guilt swamped him for such greediness.
    “Wait, Julian—”
    “No, I don’t need another tall tale.  Olivier made everything sound so easy and then there were strings.  You say you can save me, but then you can’t.  I want to rewind a week and tell Olivier to stick that pen up his ass.”
    Carr leaned on the wall.  “I can make the cancer go away, but not until you’re no longer under Olivier’s control.  We have to find a way to destroy that contract.”
    “And how does one break a demon’s contract?”
    “We have to buy it from him,” Carr said matter-of-factly.
    “Buy it?  What do I have that Olivier wants?”
    “He wants me to give up control of the underworld.  So, we offer him that in place of your soul.  There’s no way he’ll not reach for that.  It’s all he’s wanted for a millennia.”
    “You can’t risk letting the world crumble just for me.”
    Carr shook his head.  “Without you, there’s no reason for me to save any of it.”
    A shiver raced down Julian’s spine.  “What?”
    “I believe … I believe you’re my mate.”
    “Huh?”  Julian spun to stare at Carr.  No, no, no.   Things were just getting too over the top for him.  His world was already spinning.  “Okay, look.  I might feel confused and want to fuck you, but no one said anything about mates or whatever the hell that is.  It sounds … permanent.  I don’t even know what the hell is going on.”
    “I know there has been a lot dumped in your lap, but if you’re my mate, you will remain at my side forevermore.”
    Julian scowled at the overbearing demon.  “Yeah, I’m not so sure about that.”  Anger allowed Julian to see a little reason.  They needed space.  Julian needed to think.
    Carr approached and drew Julian into his arms.  “I’m quite sure,” the demon growled.
    Lust flashed brightly in Carr’s eyes.  Something told Julian the male’s control had just snapped.  Carr backed Julian up to the wide bed sitting in the middle of the room and pushed him back on it.
    “Wait!  Remember what you said?  We had to wait?  You can’t have me until the contract is voided.”
    Carr’s eyes started to turn completely black and his horns began to extend, growing longer and pointing forward instead of back along his head.  Fangs protruded from his lips, giving him a vampirish look.  “I can’t wait any longer.  I won’t wait any longer.”
    Julian scuffled to the head of the bed and tried to put distance between them.  Carr rounded to one side